Little Red's Story // part 8

drama pulled the wolf's tail like a spoiled child
The wolf choked and snarled
in the darkness caused by his disease
he felt red in his esophagus, behind his tongue and
finally, finally
propelled red through his mouth and onto the floor
with a wet thud
red sucked in air
she willed herself to stand
now now
she could run run run
the wolf could only stumble in blindness
and the power his eyes had held over her vanished
she reached for the doorknob
she looked back at him
she opened the old splintered door
she looked back at him
she stepped over the welcome matt
and looked back at the shut door
she started to run
There are words between the lines
the howl - she felt it in her bones –
clawed at her red heart
her hands were still sticky with his saliva
her hair was red with his blood
his insides were under her fingernails

[author: lily]